What a joke..seminar on Political Theory

[MrFun]

Well you guys stick to whatever singers you like, and I will stay with mine.

Thus, world peace ensues.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Until we assasinate your singers for making our ears bleed .

[MrFun]

you bastard

[rah]

A...HUM

Back on topic please.. Yes, I feel kind of responsible.

And Imran, I'm not a real cher fan, but she does have some talent and usually puts on a great show.

But the backstreet boys really do suck. (don't let my daughter see this, aw, heck she's not 10 anymore so she probably thinks they suck too)

[Agathon]

Originally posted by rah
Anyone want to make something of it?

Yeah me.

@ rah

Whatcha gonna do about it!?!

[rah]

Stinking latecomers.

But my options are endless.
Bans.
PCRs.

.......must not abuse power.

Nevermind.

RAH

[Agathon]

Why don't you guys do something hard, like Classics....

And no one is a Renaissance Man unless they can read Greek and Latin (which leaves me out )

[rah]

I used to read latin when I was 11. Back then it was a requirement for alter boys. AND no, I was never diddled. (travelling in twos must have been the key)

But no greek, so I'm out.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by rah
I used to read latin when I was 11. Back then it was a requirement for alter boys. AND no, I was never diddled. (travelling in twos must have been the key)

But no greek, so I'm out.

I'm only half a classicist, but I pity them. I mean, you spend most of your undergraduate degree learning declensions and conjugations by rote and it's at least two years before you can actually make a reasonable attempt at reading an ancient text and at least grad level before you are anything like competent.

There is nothing in the sciences or the rest of the humanities that equates the unrelenting coolie labour of Classics. No wonder they all look pale.

Congratulations on avoiding the diddling BTW - although we all know that that's a minority pursuit amongst the clergy.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by rah

And Imran, I'm not a real cher fan, but she does have some talent and usually puts on a great show.

A mod agrees with me somewhat -- maybe there's nothing wrong with me after all.

[Ben Kenobi]

Rah:

I have a somewhat similar experience, and I wholeheartedly endorse your thought that having both a technical and non-technical background greatly helps.

I used to be a Physics major for two years, left my program and became a History major, with a minor in English. I've taken quite a mixture of courses when you look at my degree, history, english, philosophy, geography not to mention the standard sciences in first and second year.

What I find is that I can talk to people who have no experience with technical fields as well as prying out the most pertinent information from a technical lecture. I can also write in a variety of forms, depending on what's desired, anything from poetry, (don't laugh) to a scientific report.

If I were to go back and take more courses, I would take some more statistics and economics.

[Solly]

So who exactly is disagreeing with my initial post?

[MrFun]

We don't give a fvck about the initial post.

[Timexwatch]

Originally posted by Agathon


I'm only half a classicist, but I pity them. I mean, you spend most of your undergraduate degree learning declensions and conjugations by rote and it's at least two years before you can actually make a reasonable attempt at reading an ancient text and at least grad level before you are anything like competent.

There is nothing in the sciences or the rest of the humanities that equates the unrelenting coolie labour of Classics. No wonder they all look pale.

Congratulations on avoiding the diddling BTW - although we all know that that's a minority pursuit amongst the clergy.

Latin is easy By the end of my first year of Latin in High School we were reading more than most two or three year Spanish students. By the third year we were translating pages nightly. Fourth year students had to translate the Odyssey. There's no reason lazy college students shouldn't do as well

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by rah
My minor was computer engineering.
I am an IT Director for a world wide research company.
The Poli Sci degree has been immensely helpful on the management/adminstrative/people aspects of my job.

Upper management=is just an form of politics where the losers get fired instead of voted out.

Correction: upper management is just a form of politics where the losers get fired instead of reelected